Tilting gate.



L. Z. PRESTON.

TILTING GATE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.14, 1011.

1,040,75Q. Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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LEONARD Z. PRESTON, OF 'I'OPEKA, KANSAS.

TILTING GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8 1912.

Application filed December 14, 1911. Serial No. 665,701.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD Z. Pnns'ron, citizen of the United States,residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tilting Gates, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in gates,,more particularly tothe class of tilting gates, and has for one of its objects to provide asimple attachment for the latch end of the gate to hold the gate inpartially elevated position to permit small animals to pass beneath it,while preventing the larger animals from passing, and also to lock thegate in partly elevated. position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be applied without material structural change to tilting gatesof various forms and arrangem ent of parts.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device of thischaracter so located and arranged that it will not be liable to bereleased by any movement of animals passing beneath the partly elevatedgate.

lVith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described, andthen specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is aside elevation of a gate having the improvement applied: Fig. 2 is aplan View of the parts shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofa portion of the gate with the improved attachment in position thereon;Fig. 4: is an enlarged perspective view of the locking block; Fig. 5 isa sectional detail on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

The improved device may be applied without material structural change togates of various forms and to gates constructed of different materials,but for the purpose of illustration is shown applied to a conventionalfarm gate represented as a whole at 10. The gate is pivotally connectedat 11 at the hinge end between two posts 12-13, and is thus arranged tobe tilted into vertical position when open. The gate is also providedwith a counterweight 1 1 to asslst 1n the operation. The gate 1sarranged to swing into relatively close relations to a post 15 a t thelatch end of the gate as shown. Connected to the inner face of the latchpost is a stop block 16.

Projecting from the latch end member 17 of the gate is a stop pin 1.8,and extending through the same member and spaced below the stop pin is arod 19, the rod extending for some distance beyond the opposite faces ofthe gate, as shown. lvlounted upon the rod 19 at one side of the gate isa lifting handle 20. Bearing against the member 17 at the side oppositeto the handle 20 is a block 21 having ribs 22 to retain it in positionupon the member 17. The rod 19 passes through the block 21 and isprovided with a stop collar or enlargement indicated at 23, theenlargement being embedded in a cavity 2 1 in the face of the block. Therod 19 is threaded at its ends, one threaded end sup porting a clamp nut25 whereby the lifting handle 20 is retained in position, the strainbeing applied between the enlargement and the nut as shown in Fig.Mounted to swing upon the pin 18 is an o 'ierating bar 26 having anoperating handle 27, while a stop bar 28 is mounted to swing upon therod 19 and bearing against the block 21. The rod 19 is provided with alifting handle 29, and surrounding the rod 19 between the handle 29 andthe member 28, is a spring 30. As before stated, the rod 19 is threadedat both ends, and engaging the rod in advance of the handle 29, is aclamp nut 31. By this means the member 28 is maintained in positionyieldably against the outer face of the block 21. The block 21. isprovided with an upper stop lug 32. and a lower stop lug 33, the lug 33having inclined faces as shown in Fig. 4. The member 28 reduced at oneend and rounded and is provided with a terminal spur 34 as shown. Themembers 26-28 are pivotally united at their adjacent ends as shown, thejoint between the members being so formed that the members will not.move beyond a vertical line in one direction as represented in Fig. 1,but are free to move in the opposite direction upon the pin 18 and therod 19, as represented in Fig. When the members 26--28 are arranged invertical alinementas shown in Fig. 1, the stop lugs 3233 will be locatedat one side of the vertically alined members, but when the members2(3-..8 are arranged as shown in Fig. 3, the rounded reduced portion ofthe member 28 will pass over the inclined lug 33 and be disposed withits upper side against the lower end of the lug 32, the spring 30permitting the member 28 to move outwardly and against the resistance ofthe spring and passing over the inclined lug 33, and the reaction of thespring will retain the member 28 yieldably in its oblique position. Themembers 26 and 28 are slotted as shown at. 3536 where the pin 18 and therod 19 pass through them, so that the requisite longitudinal play ormovement is permitted to the members when moved fro-1n a verticallyalined position as shown in Fig. 1 into the reversely oblique positionas shown in Fig. 3. By this arrangement it will be obvious that themember 28 will be yieldably maintained in its oblique position.

By employing the handles 2029 upon opposite sides of the gate, the gatemay be readily elevated from either side. By this arrangement it will beobvious that when the member 26 is swung upon its pivot pin 18, themember 28 will be correspondingly moved and in the opposite direction.The block 16 is so located that when the gate 10 is moved upwardly uponits pivot 11 with the members 2628 in vertical alinement, the hingedmembers will pass the block, but when the gate has been elevated to asufiicient extent, the arm or bar 26 is actuated by moving its upper endoutwardly with the result of moving the free end of the bar 28 alsooutwardly and above the stop 16 with which the spur 34: engages and thussupports the gate in its partly elevated position.

Then the gate is to be elevated the operator grasps the handle 20 or 29as the case may be and swings the gate upon the pivot pin 11, and whenthe gate reaches the desired height the operator forces the handle 27outwardly and thus swings the free end of the lock bar 28 likewiseoutwardly to a point above the stop 16 with which it engages by its spur34:, and locks the gate in its partly elevated position. Then the member26 is thus actuated to throw the member 28 into operative position, thelatter passes over the inclined stop lug 33 and against the stop 32, asbefore described, thus locking the member 28 yieldably in position andpreventing its accidental. displacement.

As disclosed in the drawing the upper edge of the block 16 is preferablybeveled or inclined so as to receive the pointed terminal of the member28 at various angles.

When it is desired to release the gate and close the same, the operatorsimply manipulates the handle 27 in the opposite direction and swingsthe member 26 inwardly into parallel relations to the member 17, thismovement likewise releasing the member 28 from engagement with the stoplugs 3233 and disposing it in parallel relations to the members 17 and26. The gate is then free to be returned to its horizontal or closedposition, the counterweight 14: preventing undue rapid downward movementof the gate. 1

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured of wood or metal as may be preferred, and applied, asbefore stated, without material structural change to tilting gates ofvarious forms and constructions.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a tilting gate and gate post, of a locking barmounted to swing intermediate the ends upon the gate and adapted toengage at one end with said post, and an operating bar mounted to swingintermediate the ends upon the gate and hingedly connected at one end tothe other end of the locking bar.

2. The combination with a tilting gate and gate post, of a rod extendingthrough the gate, handles upon said rod at opposite sides of the gate, alocking bar swinging upon the rod and adapted to engage with said post,and an operating bar swinging upon the gate and hingedly connected tothe locking bar.

3. The combination with a tilting gate and gate post, of a rod extendingthrough the gate, handles upon said rod at opposite sides of the gate, ablock upon the gate and through which said rod passes, said block havingstop lugs, a locking bar swinging upon said rod and bearing against saidblock, a spring between said locking bar and the adjacent handle, and anoperating bar swinging upon the gate and hingedly connected to thelooking bar, said locking bar being yieldably held between said stoplugs when moved into operative position. I

l. The combination with a tilting gate and gate post, of a stop blockupon the gate post and having an inclined upper face, a locking barswinging upon the gate and adapted to engage with said stop block, andan operating bar swinging upon the gate and hingedly connected to thelocking bar.

5. The combination with a tilting gate and gate post, of a stop blockupon the gate post and having an inclined upper face, a locking barswinging upon the gate and having a terminal spur and adapted to engagewith said stop block, and an operating bar swinging upon the gate andhingedly connected to the locking bar.

6. The combination with a tilting gate and a post, of a locking barmounted to swing intermediate the ends upon the gate, an operating barmounted to swing intermediate the ends upon the gate and hingedlyconnected at one end to the adjacent end of the locking bar, and ahandle upon the operfor pivotal and longitudinal movement upon the gateabove the locking bar and having 15 hinged connection therewlth, and ahandle carried by the operating bar for movin the same to project andretract the free en of the locking bar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 20 in presence of twowitnesses.

LEONARD Z. PRESTON.

WVitnesses:

W. A. Pnns'ron, U. G. SUTTON.

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